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TIL The Ramones named their band as tribute to Paul McCartney early days with The Beatles when he was known as Paul Ramone

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9wv0B TIL "The Chicken Tax" has caused Light Trucks to not be imported into America because of a %25 tariff from the 60's.
OGaW1 TIL in a 1931 essay about on the future of science, Winston Churchill advocated for lab grown meat, predicted long distance communication through an internet-like system, and theorised that we'd be able to artificially cultivate humans based on our needs, but the moral debate would prevent this
P1m4L TIL before the modern ambulance, funeral homes used hearses to bring patients to the hospital. This is because the hearse was often the only vehicle long enough to fit a stretcher inside.
XE0RX TIL Chile has the highest percentage of people belonging to one singular blood group. 85% of the population are O +ve
oRk1A TIL that when Weird Al was developing The Weird Al Show, Seth MacFarlane pitched him an animated segment, which Al didn't go with. The segment was later developed into Family Guy